# Coffee Break: Ciphered Symbols of USA

#### Otis

##### Senior Member
Symbols of the USA appear below. They've each been translated using the same random-cipher alphabet, and word spaces have been removed. Starting hint: K represents the letter B.

1) $$\;$$ W A T E R D O G

2) $$\;$$ E Y K R X F Q K R E E

3) $$\;$$ Z E C I E Z X Q

4) $$\;$$ F U R O E O G Z

5) $$\;$$ J U Y F R U Z W D R

6) $$\;$$ C Z E E O X D Y I A

7) $$\;$$ I O F R J O Q O X T U

8) $$\;$$ G Z W A F X W D U G Z X R

#### ksdhart2

##### Senior Member
This was a very fun one, thanks for sharing. I struggled a lot at first, as I was having trouble figuring out which symbols you'd picked. Everything I tried either had too many letters or didn't fit any of the patterns. But finally I cracked #3 and then the rest just fell into place:

1) $$\;$$ Uncle Sam

2) $$\;$$ Liberty Bell

3) $$\;$$ Old Glory

4) $$\;$$ The Alamo

5) $$\;$$ White House

6) $$\;$$ Dollar Sign

7) $$\;$$ Gateway Arch

8) $$\;$$ Mount Rushmore

#### Otis

##### Senior Member
… at first … having trouble figuring out which symbols you'd picked …
Yeah, that's a big part of the challenge. (I had considered changing 1 and 5 because I thought they were too easy to guess.)

Good job, and enjoy the holiday.

#### Harry_the_cat

##### Senior Member
Yeah nice! A bit of a challenge for an Aussie. I got #2 first, then #5 and the rest fell out. Heard of them all except #7. Just googled it. I have seen that before as a good example of a catenary curve. Didn't know its proper name though.

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#### Otis

##### Senior Member
… Didn't know its proper name though.
I still don't, ha! (I always end up calling it The St. Louis Arch.)